U.S. Protest over the Sinking of the Lusitania

…frankness and in the earnest hope that it is not mistaken in expecting action on the part of the Imperial German government which will correct the unfortunate impressions which have been created and vindicate once more the position of that government with regard to the sacred freedom of the seas. The government of the United States has been apprised that the Imperial German government considered themselves to be obliged by the extraordinary circum…

Mayer Opinion pages 28-33

…e left free to exercise his own judgment. Safe navigation denies the proposition that the judgment and sound discretion of the captain of a vessel must be confined in a mental strait-jacket. Of course, when movements are under military control, orders much be strictly obeyed, come what may. No such situation, however, was presented either to petitioner or Captain Turner. The vessel was not engaged in military service nor under naval convoy. True,…

Mr. Florence O’Sullivan

…livan but is recorded in Cunard records as “Sullivan.” It had been convention for Irish to drop the “O” in their names due to pressure from the English who then controlled Ireland. Flor was from Clounlea, Kilgarvan, County Kerry, Ireland. When he came to the United States, he met Julia, who lived in Long Island, New York, and they fell in love. Julia lived with a wealthy old couple by the name of Branders, and the Branders helped Flor find a job a…

Mr. Franklin Arthur Peardon

Franklin Peardon (1877 – 1915), 37 ?, was an employee of the Robert Simpson Company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was traveling aboard Lusitania with Frank Rogers and Rogers’ wife Agnes. Rogers was also an employee of the Robert Simpson Company. They were sailing to England as part of “the Dominion’s [Canada’s] war-time promise of ‘business as usual.’ ” All three were lost in the Lusitania sinking on 7 May 1915, and only Agnes’ body was recover…

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